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Old 07-22-2022, 04:02 PM
Danth Danth is offline
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Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I loved Vanguard! Sucks it didn't get the funding it needed.
It did. Unfortunately the studio was horribly managed and squandered its resources. Then it got more funding before MS washed its hands and sold it to Sony. SOE refused to give them a blank check so it ended up being pushed out as it was, and that was that. So much was broken with that game that I am not convinced Sony's decision was precisely wrong; "fixing" Vanguard would've taken a major effort and dang near a complete re-build. I've seen buggy games before, but I don't think I've ever seen a big-budget game where absolutely everything was broken like it was in VG. It's the poster child for terrible management and shoddy workmanship. It's a pity because there was a good game buried in there underneath the mountain of problems.

I believe the original poster linked the VG emulator that has been operating for quite a few years. It is incomplete and far away from completion; that work on it was started dang near a decade ago, before VG shut down, should speak volumes with respect to the complexity of the subject at hand.

Danth
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